Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-05
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
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o1HhH fAkEvnI TouR-rzh NATIONAL oPxaA.
M: v. A. Lackey, Of this city u mating quite
adu lM nimseii this season with Fanny Daven-
port Speaking OF the performance oe aruch Ado
ABOUT Nothing, theMemphis Dailv Scty,star saws:
,MI; LacEsyes Claudio was Surprisingly good.
nee mas o 1ne making Of fne actor in him. and
neeus oniy the opportunity to show it."
-hooe!t L. Downing returned to New York with
.spartacos" on Monday night, Appearing at the
Peoples Theater In Sd avenue He was enthu.
slactlcalIy welcomed back and called before the
e0s any number OF times During the evening.
hesIt IN New s Yo1s TO have caught the popular
"Waida Lamar" Is the somewhat peculiar
Title OF new play, said to be rather more serious
.nan any tning she has yet attempted, which Miss
Helen Dauvray has prepared for production at the
NC" AoIA Lycesm ON Monday night.
-some one mas figured out that Mr.. W. b. Gil
nlm IN an income OF something IKE %. 600 a week
MIG hneas American career is almost ended,
uhioSS nel managers are much less regardful of
Ine Cruth IMAM theatrical people generally are It
Is announced thst she will make her last appear.
81 fate eo 1ansIican stage at Chicago, on April
talewSu COur u1p Nile Rhea's MANAGERS annuunce
tnat sne VIII make another next season.
III Is sala that Buffalo Bills Wild West show
sts1 At the Us during its thirteen weeks
oS"S ao Iao AsoSon square Garden, New York,
Tine San Francisco crank who exDlode0 the
Dmo az the Patti concert is trying to arouse pub
nc sympathy and adulatton by claiming that he
intended it for Nlcolfni, ~e '''-'' '-0
All the New York theaters viii close their re-
guar seasons the first week in May.
hooert B. Mantell is said to have fortune by
inheritance In addition to the one he has made on
the stage. ~ ~ VIZ
-Pooies theatsr, on 9Th street, New York, was
1aliure as combination house, but Is said to be
mieenng with success since vaudeville has been
washington irving Bishop is about to start
out 10 read the minds Of the people in all sections
OF the continen, including leading American.
cities. Mexico aad South America. Before he
ieayeS sew york this time It is to be hoped he
W VII caTeiuny wrap up his grievance against
land, put It undf the PEDESTAL OF the statue Of
a M0ergy ana leav, it there. The country has mad
There are scemes afioat in New York for the
construction of dozen new theaters. One that ia
likely to be reaized is that OF col. VIM r. Sim.
WIZ WIZ prpposeS tobuld, with the help of syndi-
cate' Olg play house up town, about seth street
anu SGu avenue Work Is to begin this month.
and the new house Will be opened In November.
a weekly paler of this city is authority for
the statement hat fully three-fourths of the
auuiences al the German opera were Jews and
oewsses ana Ike state Of affairs can be found at
ou1 I1eaIeIS II were not for the liberal patron
~ vi IIe JeWisn portion OF the community sew
eral OF the leading places OF Amusement in this
city would find It dirlcult matter to keen their
oVors open.-NeW York HebreW Journal
-Zeke Chamberlain. who has Just retired after
fourteen years of ticket-taking at the Fourteenth
Street theater, New York, correctly foretold the
rate OF many new plays. He based his predictions
on the NUMBER OF return checks which failed to
come Daek to him before the last act the first
nspcph tn tInpco x3oxy,
no one looked for anything but failure for one of
BARLEY Campbels plays "Uncle Zeke" pro-
began on the night Of its first PRODUCTION. None
OF MS return checks were missing,
Edwin Booth began his California engagement
at Los Angeles on Thursday evening, remaining
tnere the rest OF the week. On Monday he will
appear In San Francisco
first time in America at the last concert OF the
New York Orator1O society on Thursday NIGHT.
MISS Ella Earle, Miss Hattie Clapper Max Alyary
anu MAX Heinrich sang the solo parts.
The third season OF German opera at the Me-
tropolitan Opera House, New York, which closed
last week, was more successful and bralnant in
sTeTy way than the two previous ones and Ger.
New York. fKg WOLF ; r.I as fixture in
hauses during the season OF 81 sae .aIg gs
closed was Christian and Isolde, "Fidelio c6i1l9sC
next.
Mr.. Days revival of ssThe Tanning of the
CuIOW udA AOo AltlCOu pcTlOEmauC6 III us New
York theater on Monday evening, and it will re-
main on until the close of the season, April 3Oth
Then 1t will form part OF the repertOry Of the COM
pany on Its short season ION the road"
1T is reported that Sarah Bernhardt is negoti-
ating with Maurice Barrymore for the purchase Of
his play OF 'tNadjeSda," which was produced in
this country by MOdjeSka, and also in London, but
with no great success
Mr.. w. j. Florence denies that he has recently
made large amount OF money by speculation in
mining stocks. washington friends of Mr.. Flor
ence, who authorized the item published in THE
STAR some days ago, claimed to have had a cOnfir-
nation OF the report, which originally appeared in
a Leadv1le paper.
The Ideal Opera company will begin q two
weeks engagement in Chicago on Monday night.
Mr. Frank Baxter, OF this city, will make his first
appearance with the troupe in Chicago at the
Wednesday matinee, in 'Marthan MI. Bakers
debut with the troupe at Buffalo was success as
his many friends in Washington have heard with
pleasure. new adaptation OF .'The Daughter Of
the Regiment" will be presented by the Ideals dur
Ing their Chicago engagement.
The National Opera company has been wei
coined back to New York with commendable and
patriotic warmth by the press and public of that
city this week. 1.-THE Flying Dutchman" was well
chosen for the opening performance at the Metro
Ing the same that was given the work in this CITY,
On wednesday evening ''The HuguenOts" was
sung, on Friday night "Faust and "Aidan is given
this afternoon. Mrs. Jessie Bartlett Davis seems
to have recovered from her illness and reoned the
company, as she appeared as Urbda in '1The
HuguenOts" on Wednesday evening.
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